On March 4, Best Buy Company, Inc. noted a 21% increase in revenue for the fourth fiscal quarter, ended February 28. The Minneapolis-based electronics retailer, the largest in North America, reported revenue from continuing operations at $8.44 billion for the fiscal 2004 fourth quarter, compared to revenue of $6.99 billion for the fiscal 2003 fourth quarter, ended March 1, 2003. Sales at comparable stores were up 9.7% for the quarter.
The large increase in revenue was due in part to…
IBOC DAB is a broadcasting technology that uses the current radio spectrum to transmit existing AM and FM analog simultaneously with new…
Robert L. Borchardt, Recoton Corporation's President and CEO, stated…
Next, Jack English goes through all the basics of setting up your equipment for maximum pleasure in "Tweaks'n'Squeaks." Everything is covered: from unpacking those new boxes, placing the products, and hooking them up correctly, to cleaning and maintaining the system to keep it in top form.
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So it seemed a natural to turn him loose on you, the Stereophile reader. Check out his blog, where he'll post the highlights of what he finds, when he finds it. Looks to me like he's not going to say much with each post (he doesn't in his emails), but as they say, a link is worth a thousand words.
Also new on the website this week is the Audiophile…
As Barry Willis reports in his "As We See It" from November, The Search for Musical Ecstasy, there are hobbies out there easily crazier than high-end audio. Don't believe it? Willis does some comparison shopping.
Also from the November issue, we present John Marks' The Fifth Element #5. Marks…
Or mention expensive audio cables that use deviant technology.
Much of the fervid debate about analog audio cables centers around whether or not different types of wire and shielding techniques do indeed sound different—especially if they cost a lot.
But Jim Wang of Harmonic Technology has found that what really makes a difference is eliminating the wire and its need for shielding altogether. His…
When Sony did that, we consumers screamed bloody murder.
In Apple's defense, the "feature…
Blish is one of many audionuts who are keen on classic Marantz equipment. Most such hobbyists are content to collect a few rare pieces, or assemble a mint-condition "classic system." Blish has done that, but he's also gone a huge step further: he's built an online temple to Marantz gear of the 1960s and '70s. His Marantz pages---part of an extensive…
Officially dubbed TwinVQ, the system was licensed to Yamaha for its SoundVQ player and its SolidAudio portable. Over the years, interested engineers and hobbyists have developed several software utilities, encoders, and players for the format. Its adherents claim VQF…